Patents by Inventor Robert Anthony Bethea

Robert Anthony Bethea has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • WIRE COAT RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR A TIRE AND A TIRE COMPRISING A WIRE COAT RUBBER COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20220389199
    Abstract: In accordance with the invention a wire coat rubber composition for a tire comprises from 70 phr to 100 phr of cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, from 0 phr to 30 phr of solution styrene butadiene rubber, from 65 phr to 95 phr pre-silanized precipitated silica, from 0.1 phr to 5 phr of a cobalt salt, up to 15 phr carbon black, up to 10 phr of a resin, and up to 10 phr oil. Further the present invention is directed to a tire comprising such a wire coat composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Julia Martine Francoise Claudine Tahon, Robert Anthony Bethea, James Joseph Golden, Carolin Anna Welter, Christian Jean-Marie Kaes
  • Wire coat rubber composition for a tire and a tire comprising a wire coat rubber composition
    Patent number: 11459447
    Abstract: In accordance with the invention a wire coat rubber composition for a tire comprises from 70 phr to 100 phr of cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, from 0 phr to 30 phr of solution styrene butadiene rubber, from 65 phr to 95 phr pre-silanized precipitated silica, from 0.1 phr to 5 phr of a cobalt salt, up to 15 phr carbon black, up to 10 phr of a resin, and up to 10 phr oil. Further the present invention is directed to a tire comprising such a wire coat composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventors: Julia Martine Francoise Claudine Tahon, Robert Anthony Bethea, James Joseph Golden, Carolin Anna Welter, Christian Jean-Marie Kaes
  • WIRE COAT RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR A TIRE AND A TIRE COMPRISING A WIRE COAT RUBBER COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20200399448
    Abstract: In accordance with the invention a wire coat rubber composition for a tire comprises from 70 phr to 100 phr of cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, from 0 phr to 30 phr of solution styrene butadiene rubber, from 65 phr to 95 phr pre-silanized precipitated silica, from 0.1 phr to 5 phr of a cobalt salt, up to 15 phr carbon black, up to 10 phr of a resin, and up to 10 phr oil. Further the present invention is directed to a tire comprising such a wire coat composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Julia Martine Francoise Claudine Tahon, Robert Anthony Bethea, James Joseph Golden, Carolin Anna Welter, Christian Jean-Marie Kaes
  • SOLUTION POLYMERIZATION PREPARED STYRENE/BUTADIENE ELASTOMER CONTAINING LIQUID STYRENE/BUTADIENE POLYMER AND TIRE WITH COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20140256858
    Abstract: The invention relates to preparation and use of organic solvent solution polymerization-prepared styrene/butadiene elastomers, particularly high molecular weight styrene/butadiene elastomers which are extended by an inclusion of a liquid styrene/butadiene polymer. The invention also relates to a tire having a component comprised of a rubber containing such extended styrene/butadiene elastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Anthony Bethea, Klaus Schulmeister, John Woods
  • Tire with tread containing carboxylated styrene/butadiene rubber
    Patent number: 8247487
    Abstract: This invention relates to a tire with a tread of a rubber composition containing carboxylated styrene/butadiene rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Robert Anthony Bethea, Paul Harry Sandstrom
  • TIRE WITH TREAD CONTAINING CARBOXYLATED STYRENE/BUTADIENE RUBBER
    Publication number: 20120123017
    Abstract: This invention relates to a tire with a tread of a rubber composition containing carboxylated styrene/butadiene rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Anthony Bethea, Paul Harry Sandstrom